Wallet



C- GRABHORN May 6, 1952 WALLET Filed Nov. 15, 1950IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..

Patented May 6, 1,952

UNITED STATES PATENT oEFIcE Charles Grabhorn, Hoboken, N. I.

Application November 13, 1950', Serial No. 195,169

This invention relates to wallets of the type generally adapted forholding currency', and the primary object of the invention is to providea Wallet of relatively simple construction having means for holdingbills in separated relationship and with complete safety.

Another object of the invention is toy provide a bill clip for iitmentupon a wallet in a position in which the clip will retain bills withcomplete security and in separated groupsif desired.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a wallet having abill-retaining clip fitted to the wallet in a simple manner; which willnot add material bulk to the wallet and which will retain bills both infront of and behind a cornpartment-forrning ap of the Wallet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a wallet having a clip ofsuch form that the bills which it retains will be securely held by ityet can be Very readily placed in position behind it or extracted fromthe wallet.

These and numerous other objects are attained by the inventionl a moreparticular description of which will hereinafter appear and be set forthin the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein an illustrative embodiment of theinvention is disclosed:

Fig. 1 is a face view of a wallet constructed according to theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view in an enlarged scale taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the clip with which the wallet isprovided;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the clip, and

Fig. 5 is an edge View of the clip on a slightly enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. l shows one type of wallet to which thebill-retaining clip is adapted to be applied, said wallet having a backpanel I which may be composed of leather or other suitable sheetmaterial, and said back panel I has its marginal edges inturned, asindicated at 3, 4, 5 and 20 to thereby enclose the edges of a liningpiece 2 which overlies the inner face of the back panel 2 and is held incontiguous relation to the back by the stitching 6 which extends aboutthe several edges of the back panel and passes through the marginal edgeportions of the lining.

At lis shown an inner flap which has a side edge and a lower edgerespectively extended under the inturned portions 4 and 5 of the backpanel and secured thereunder by the stitching 2 Claims. (Cl. Lidl-38)``6. The side edge 8 and the top edge 9 of the flap 1 is free so thatbills or currency can be readily inserted between the iap 1 and the backpanel I. A pocket or compartment Ill for bills so inserted is thusdefined by the panel I and the flap 1, such money compartment beinglocated between the flap and back panel, or actually between the flapand the lining piece 2.

The wallet so constructed is arranged to be doubled or folded uponitself substantially on the line II in the known manner to facilitate itbeing easily fitted into and carried in the pocket.

A money-retaining clip for the Wallet is indicated generally at I2, thesame being preferably composed of spring metal. This clip I2 is providedwith a rear plate or leaf I8 which is inserted and is retained betweenthe lining piece 2 and the back panel I of the wallet. The back plate orleaf I8 is integrally connected to a front leaf or spring finger I3 bythe loop portion I9 at the bottom of the clip. The loop portion I9extends forwardly through openings 2I in the lining piece and alsothrough openings l1 in the front flap 1 to a position where it overliesthe front or exposed face of the flap 1. The front spring finger I3 ofthe clip is formed with two legs I4 and I5 which converge from theirpoints of emergence out of the openings I1 to the upper end of thefinger I3, these legs of the clip resulting in the formation of anaperture I6 between them into which the thumb of the user of the walletcan be inserted to slightly depress the flap 1 when it is desired toinsert currency between the spring finger I3 and the front face of theflap 1.

The above-described arrangement is such that currency or bills can bereadily inserted between the finger I3 and the front face of the ap 1,and the resiliency or springiness of the linger I3 will hold the billsin place and exposed, when the wallet is opened or spread out nat asshown in Fig. 1. Bills of larger denomination, for example, can beplaced in the compartment Ill located between the flap 1 and the backpanel of the wallet. and such bills will be concealed even when thewallet is open. The pressure of the spring finger I3 of the clip is madesufficiently rm to cause this finger to not only retain the billsbetween it and the front face of the flap l, but to also exertsufficient pressure through flap 'I against the bills contained in thecompartment I0 and hold such bills against shifting out of the open topor open end of this compartment.

It will be noted that the clip is situated remotely from the line offold II of the wallet and thus does notl interfere in any way with thefolding of the same or add any bulk to the Wallet at the line of fold.

While I have herein described the clip as being applied to a wallet of aspeciiic construction, it will be apparent that the clip may be attachedto wallets ofY other form, and that the clip may also be designed inother shapes to meet various requirements. These and other modificationsare contemplated as being within the scope of the invention and theclaims appended hereto.

What I claim is:

1.'A clip, for association with a wallet of the type having a back paneland lining together with an overlying partition flap attached to thepanel defining a bill containing compartment, comprising an integralfront and rear leaf, a resilient finger forming the upper portion ofsaid front leaf, said rear leaf being attached between said back paneland said lining of the wallet, said front leaf and resilient fingerextending through apertures in the lining and flap and positioned overthe front face of the flap to enable bills to be placed between it andthe outer face of the iiap as well as to retain bills behind it in thebill containing compartment.

2. A clip, for association with a wallet of the 10 the front face of theflap to thereby hold bills between it and the ap and also between theflap and the lining.

CHARLES GRABHORN.

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